Lead puncture needle

ABSTRACT

A lead puncture needle includes a core rod, a puncture needle, a lead mechanism and a handle. A front end of the core rod includes a blunt head and a lead slot. During puncture, the puncture needle is exposed. After the puncture, the blunt head protrudes out of the puncture needle to avoid injury to normal tissue. When a button is pressed, the core rod moves downward, and the lead slot protrudes from the puncture needle. When the button is pressed again, the core rod moves upward, and the lead slot is retracted into the puncture needle to form traction on a surgical suture. The design of the blunt head ensures that it is retracted during puncture to expose the puncture needle to facilitate puncture and the blunt head is controlled to be exposed outside the puncture needle in a separation process, thereby avoiding accidental injury to the surrounding tissue.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present application relates to a surgical operating instrument, andmore particularly to a lead puncture needle for use in hernia repairsurgery.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Hernia is a disease in which an organ or tissue in a human body leavesits normal anatomical position and enters another site through a weakpoint, defect or pore formed congenitally or postnatally. Both adultsand children may suffer from the disease, and it is especially the mostcommon disease in pediatric urology surgery. A preferred treatmentmethod for children in the age of one year or longer and adults issurgery. A usual procedure of surgery is to ligature or repair a defector weakness. Especially for pediatric patients, the current preferredtreatment method is high ligation surgery.

With the popularity of endoscopic surgery, the current hernia surgery isgenerally performed under an endoscope. At present, a commonly usedmethod is to make an incision in skin first, then use a suture needle ora hernia ring needle with a suture to extraperitoneally undermine andseparate along an inner semi-circumference of an internal ring topuncture into peritoneum, withdraw the suture needle or the hernia ringneedle, then use the suture needle or the hernia ring needle with asuture to extraperitoneally undermine via the same opening and separatealong an outer semi-circumference of the internal ring to puncture intothe peritoneum, withdraw the suture needle or the hernia ring needle,and pull back the suture to a needle insertion part with a hooked needleto lead the suture out of the body and knot. The processes of puncture,separation for suture leading, and returning back during surgery requiredifferent instruments. The surgical procedure is very cumbersome, andthe sharp tip of the suture needle or the hernia ring needle may easilycause accidental injury to the surrounding tissue and blood vessels inan undermining and separating process. Therefore, it is necessary toimprove the surgical instruments in the current hernia surgery.

SUMMARY

A lead puncture needle of the present application includes a core rod 1,a puncture needle 2, a puncture safety protection mechanism 3, a leadmechanism 4 and a handle 5, where

A. a front end of the core rod 1 includes a blunt head 11 and a leadslot 12, and the lead slot 12 is arrange on the blunt head 11;

B. the puncture needle 2 is a hollow needle, and a sharp tip 21 isarranged at a front end of the puncture needle; and the core rod 1 ismovably mounted in the puncture needle 2;

C. the lead mechanism 4 includes a leading spring 41, a rotarypositioning block 42, a stroke control member 43, a linear push block44, and a button 45; the stroke control member 43 is a tubularstructure, a tube wall thereof is provided with a stroke control convexstep 43-1, and the stroke control member 43 is movably mounted in amounting slot 52 of a shell 51 of the handle 5; the leading spring 41 isarranged at a front end of the rotary positioning block 42; the rotarypositioning block 42 is provided with a central hole 42-1, a groove 42-2and a convex step 42-3; a rear end of the core rod 1 passes through thecentral hole 42-1 of the rotary positioning block 42, and the rotarypositioning block 42 may rotate around the core rod 1; when the button45 is pressed, the convex step 42-3 pushes under the stroke controlconvex step 43-1, the core rod 1 moves downward, and the leading spring(41) is compressed, so that the lead slot 12 capable of hooking asurgical suture protrudes from the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle2; when the button 45 is pressed again, a rotary driving block 44-1 onthe linear push block 44 pushes the rotary positioning block 42 torotate, the stroke control convex step 43-1 slides into the groove 42-2,the core rod 1 moves upward under an elastic force of the leading spring41, and the lead slot 12 is retracted into the sharp tip 21 of thepuncture needle 2 to prevent the surgical suture from slipping off andform traction on the surgical suture; and

D. the handle 5 includes the shell 51 and the mounting slot 52; and thecore rod 1, the puncture needle 2, the puncture safety protectionmechanism 3, and the lead mechanism 4 are mounted in the mounting slot52 of the shell 51.

Further, the rear end of the core rod 1 is provided with a positioningstopper 13 and a rotation preventing convex step 14 for preventingrotation of the core rod 1.

The positioning stopper 13 of the core rod 1 is arranged at a bottom ofthe rotary positioning block 42, and after the rear end of the core rod1 passes through the central hole 42-1 of the rotary positioning block42, the rotation preventing convex step 14 of the core rod 1 is embeddedin the positioning hole 44-3 on the linear push block 44.

The core rod 1 or/and the puncture needle 2 has/have special geometricshapes conforming to clinical requirements, at least including a linearshape, an arc shape, an L shape, a C shape, a U shape, an S shape, andthe like. Because in a surgical procedure, the surgical suture needs toundermine along an outer circumference of an internal ring and separateto a back side of the internal ring, the core rod 1 or the punctureneedle 2 is designed into an arc shape or the like in accordance withthe clinical requirements to facilitate the surgical procedure.

The lead slot 12 is a bidirectional lead slot that may pull the surgicalsuture into tissue or pull the surgical suture out of the tissue. Whenthe core rod 1 moves forward, a surgical suture 7 is placed at a rearend of the lead slot 12. When the core rod 1 moves backward, thesurgical suture 7 is placed at a front end of the lead slot 12. The leadslot 12 may realize leading when the core rod 1 advances or retreats intwo directions.

The puncture needle 2 includes a mounting convex step 22, and a punctureneedle mounting slot 53 is arranged on the shell 51. The puncture needle2 is mounted in the puncture needle mounting slot 53 on the shell 51through the mounting convex step 22.

The mounting convex step 22 and the puncture needle mounting slot 53 maybe connected together by concave-convex clamp fit, screw connection,interference fit, bonding, or the like.

The lead puncture needle 100 further includes the puncture safetyprotection mechanism 3. The puncture safety protection mechanism 3 maybe an automatic protection mechanism or a manual protection mechanism.The puncture safety protection mechanism 3 may enable the lead punctureneedle of the present application to better control a puncture processof the puncture needle 2 in the puncture process, thereby preventing thepuncture needle 2 from causing accidental injury of surrounding tissuedue to excessively fast puncture speed or excessive puncture depth inthe puncture process, and ensuring the puncture needle 2 to be safer touse.

Further, the puncture safety protection mechanism 3 is an automaticprotection mechanism.

The puncture safety protection mechanism 3 includes a safety spring 31,a safety spring rear positioning member 32 and a safety spring frontpositioning member 33. The safety spring 31 is mounted between thesafety spring rear positioning member 32 and the safety spring frontpositioning member 33. When the safety spring 31 is compressed, thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is exposed to perform puncture.After the puncture is completed, under an elastic force of the safetyspring 31, the blunt head 11 at a far end of the core rod 1 protrudesout of the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 for protection andavoidance of injury to normal tissue.

Further, the safety spring 31, the safety spring rear positioning member32 and the safety spring front positioning member 33 are arrangedoutside the stroke control member 43. When a resistance is present inpuncture, the blunt head 11 of the core rod 1 arranged inside thepuncture needle 2 moves backwards under the resistance, and the safetyspring 31 is compressed, causing the blunt head 11 at the far end of thecore rod 1 to retract into the puncture needle 2 such that the sharp tip21 of the puncture needle 2 is exposed to perform puncture. After thetissue is punctured, the resistance disappears, and under the elasticforce of the safety spring 31, the blunt head 11 at the far end of thecore rod 1 protrudes out of the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2for protection and avoidance of injury to normal tissue.

When in use, the surgical suture 7 is threaded into the lead slot 12 ofthe core rod 1, and then the skin is punctured. At this time, the blunthead 11 of the core rod 1 moves backwards under skin resistance, and thepositioning stopper 13 of the core rod 1 pushes the rotary positioningblock 42 to drive the stroke control member 43, the linear push block 44and the handle 45 to move backward together. At this time, the springfront positioning member 33 arranged on the stroke control member 43moves backward to compress the safety spring 31, causing the blunt head11 at the far end of the core rod 1 to retract into the puncture needle2 such that the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is exposed toperform puncture. When the puncture is completed, the resistancedisappears. At this time, under resilience of the safety spring 31, thespring front positioning member 33 moves forward to drive the strokecontrol member 43 to restore forward, and drive the linear push block 44and the handle 45 to restore forward together. The core rod 1 restoresto an initial state under restoring force, and the blunt head 11 at thefar end of the core rod 1 protrudes out of the sharp tip 21 of thepuncture needle 2 for protection again and avoidance of injury to normaltissue.

At this time, the button 45 is pressed to drive the linear push block 44to move downward. The rotary driving mechanism 44-1 of the linear pushblock 44 pushes the rotary positioning block 42 to rotate, and theconvex step 42-3 pushes under the stroke control convex step 43-1. Thecore rod 1 moves downward so that the lead slot 12 capable of hookingthe surgical suture protrudes from the sharp tip 21 of the punctureneedle 2. The button 45 is pressed and held, the lead puncture needle ofthe present application extraperitoneally undermines along an innersemi-circumference of the internal ring and separates to a rear side ofthe internal ring to puncture into peritoneum 8, and then the surgicalsuture 7 is released. It is necessary to ensure that the blunt head 11of the core rod 1 is exposed to an outer part of the sharp tip 21 of thepuncture needle 2 in an undermining and separating process all the timeuntil reaching the peritoneum 8. Under a resistance of the peritoneum 8,the core rod 1 retracts, and the peritoneum 8 is punctured by the sharptip 21 of the puncture needle 2. Since an end part of the core rod 1adopts a smooth blunt-head design, accidental injury to surroundingtissue in the undermining and separating process may be well avoided. Inparticular, accidental injury to important parts such as arteries may beavoided. When reaching the peritoneum 8, since a large puncture force isrequired for puncturing the peritoneum 8, at this time, the core rod 1retracts into the puncture needle 2 under a large resistance, and thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is used to perform puncture.

After release, the lead puncture needle 100 is retracted to a needleinsertion part of the internal ring, and then the button 45 is pressedand held. The lead puncture needle 100 extraperitoneally underminesalong an outer semi-circumference of the internal ring and separates tothe rear side of the internal ring to puncture into the peritoneum 8.The surgical suture 7 is placed into the lead slot 12 at the front endof the core rod 1 again. The button 45 is pressed, and the rotarydriving block 44-1 on the linear push block 44 pushes the rotarypositioning block 42 to rotate. The stroke control convex step 43-1slides into the groove 42-2, and the core rod 1 moves upward under theelastic force of the leading spring 41. The lead slot 12 is retractedinto the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2, and the lead punctureneedle 100 is retracted backward. The core rod 1 drives the surgicalsuture 7, and the surgical suture 7 is led out of the body, knotted andfixed.

The spring front positioning member 33 is arranged on the stroke controlmember 43.

The spring front positioning member 33 may be integrally fabricated onthe stroke control member 43. The spring front positioning member 33 isintegrally fabricated on the stroke control member 43, and thefabrication and assembly processes are more convenient.

The spring front positioning member 33 is detachably connected to thestroke control member 43. The spring front positioning member 33 may beconnected to the stroke control member 43 by screw connection,concave-convex clamp fit connection, interference fit connection,bonding, or the like. Of course, other connection modes may be adoptedby those skilled in the art without departing from the scope ofprotection of the present application.

The safety spring 31, the safety spring rear positioning member 32 andthe safety spring front positioning member 33 may also be arranged inthe puncture needle mounting slot 53 at a front end of the strokecontrol member 43. The puncture safety protection mechanism 3 furtherincludes a shift handle 34. When the shift handle 34 is pushed forward,the safety spring 31 is compressed, the puncture needle 2 moves forward,and the sharp tip 21 is exposed to perform puncture. After the punctureis completed, the shift handle 34 is released. Under the elastic forceof the safety spring 31, the puncture needle 2 moves backward, and theblunt head 11 at the far end of the core rod 1 protrudes out of thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 for protection and avoidance ofinjury to normal tissue.

The shift handle 34 includes a limiting shift button 34-1, the shell 51of the handle 5 is provided with a shift button movement slot 51-1, andthe limiting shift button 34-1 may move back and forth in the shiftbutton movement slot 51-1.

The shift handle 34 may be integrally fabricated on the puncture needle2 or may be detachably connected to the puncture needle 2.

The shift handle 34 is connected to the puncture needle 2 by screwconnection, concave-convex clamp fit connection, interference fitconnection, bonding, or the like.

The mounting convex step 22 includes a connecting end 22-1 and alimiting end 22-2. The connecting end 22-1 includes a connecting rod22-1-1, and the limiting end 22-2 includes a connecting rod mountinghole 22-2-1 and a limiting convex step 22-2-2. The puncture needlemounting slot 53 is provided with a limiting slot 53-1. The connectingrod 22-1-1 may be mounted in the connecting rod mounting hole 22-2-1,and the limiting convex step 22-2-2 of the limiting end 22-2 may bemounted in the limiting slot 53-1, that is, the puncture needle 2 ismounted in the puncture needle mounting slot 53.

The safety spring front positioning member 33 is arranged at a far endof the puncture needle mounting slot 53 of the handle 5. The safetyspring rear positioning member 32 is arranged at a near end of thepuncture needle mounting slot 53. In an actual fabrication process, abottom of the puncture needle mounting slot 53 may be directly arrangedas the safety spring front positioning member 33, or the safety springfront positioning member 33 may be separately designed and mounted atthe far end of the puncture needle mounting slot 53. Similarly, a bottomof the connecting end 22-1 of the puncture needle 2 may be directlyarranged as the safety spring rear positioning member 32, or the safetyspring rear positioning member 32 may be separately designed and mountedat a near end of the connecting end 22-1 of the puncture needle 2. Thesafety spring 31 is mounted between the mounting convex step 22 of thepuncture needle 2 and the bottom of the puncture needle mounting slot 53of the handle.

When in use, the surgical suture 7 is threaded into the lead slot 12 ofthe core rod 1. The shift handle 34 is pushed forward, the safety spring31 is compressed, the puncture needle 2 moves forward, and the sharp tip21 is exposed to perform puncture. After the puncture is completed, theshift handle 34 is released. Under the elastic force of the safetyspring 31, the puncture needle 2 moves backward, the blunt head 11 atthe far end of the core rod 1 protrudes out of the sharp tip 21 of thepuncture needle 2 for protection and avoidance of injury to normaltissue. The blunt head 11 is kept in a protruded state, the leadpuncture needle of the present application extraperitoneally underminesalong the inner semi-circumference of the internal ring and separates tothe peritoneum 8 at the rear side of the internal ring, and then theshift handle 34 is pushed forward. The safety spring 31 is compressed,the puncture needle 2 moves forward, and the sharp tip 21 is exposed topuncture the peritoneum 8. After the puncture is completed, the shifthandle 34 is released, and the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 isretracted.

At this time, the button 45 is pressed to drive the linear push block 44to move downward. The rotary driving mechanism 44-1 of the linear pushblock 44 pushes the rotary positioning block 42 to rotate, and theconvex step 42-3 pushes under the stroke control convex step 43-1. Thecore rod 1 moves downward so that the lead slot 12 protrudes from thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2, and the surgical suture 7 in thelead slot 12 is released. Then, the button 45 is pressed again, therotary driving block 44-1 on the linear push block 44 pushes the rotarypositioning block 42 to rotate. The stroke control convex step 43-1slides into the groove 42-2, and the core rod 1 moves upward under theelastic force of the leading spring 41. The lead slot 12 is retractedinto the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2, and the lead punctureneedle 100 is retracted backward to the needle insertion part of theinternal ring.

Then, the lead puncture needle 100 extraperitoneally undermines alongthe outer semi-circumference of the internal ring and separates to theperitoneum 8 at the rear side of the internal ring. The shift handle 34is pushed forward, the safety spring 31 is compressed, the punctureneedle 2 moves forward, and the sharp tip 21 is exposed to puncture theperitoneum 8. After the puncture is completed, the shift handle 34 isreleased, and the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is retracted.Then, the button 45 is pressed so that the lead slot 12 protrudes fromthe sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2. The surgical suture 7 isplaced into the lead slot 12 at the front end of the core rod 1 again.Then, the button 45 is pressed, the lead slot 12 is retracted into thepuncture needle 2, and the lead puncture needle 100 is retractedbackward, the core rod 1 drives the surgical suture 7, and the surgicalsuture 7 is led out of the body, knotted and fixed.

The entire surgical procedure is completed by only the lead punctureneedle of the present application. The lead puncture needle of thepresent application has the advantages of being simple and convenientcompared with the condition that multiple instruments are needed in acurrent surgical procedure to complete the surgical procedure. Inparticular, the design of the retractable smooth blunt head and thesafety spring ensures that the sharp puncture needle may be exposed intime to facilitate puncture during puncture, and meanwhile, in theundermining and separation process, the smooth blunt head may becontrolled to be exposed outside the puncture needle all the time.Therefore, accidental injury to the surrounding tissue caused by thesharp tip in the undermining and separation process is effectivelyavoided, and the use process is safer. Moreover, the smooth blunt headmay better reduce friction in movement in the undermining process,making the undermining process smoother.

In addition, the puncture safety protection mechanism 3 may also be amanual protection mechanism.

When the puncture safety protection mechanism 3 is a manual protectionmechanism, the safety protection mechanism 3 includes a shift handle 34and a stroke control mechanism 35, and the stroke control mechanism 35includes a sliding block 35-1 and a limiting block 35-2.

Further, a total stroke of the stroke control mechanism 35 is controlledto be 1 mm-15 mm. The shift handle 34 may drive the stroke controlmechanism 35 to move back and forth in the shift button movement slot51-1. An end part of the shift button movement slot 51-1 and thelimiting block 35-2 act together to achieve the purpose of limiting thetotal movement stroke of the sliding block 35-1. The total strokecontrol of the stroke control mechanism 35 may prevent the punctureneedle 2 from accidentally injuring the surrounding tissue due toexcessive puncture depth in the puncture process.

A step length of the sliding block 35-1 is 1 mm-5 mm. The small steplength of the sliding block 35-1 is designed so that every time when theshift handle 34 is pushed forward in the puncture process, the distancethat the puncture needle 2 advances is controlled within the steplength. Therefore, accidental injury to the surrounding tissue due toexcessively fast puncture speed or excessive puncture depth iseffectively prevented in the puncture process, and the use process issafer.

The stroke control mechanism 35 may be a spiral progressive mechanism,or a linear stepping mechanism, or the like. Of course, those skilled inthe art may also design other various structures according to the actualsituation without departing from the scope of protection of the presentpatent application.

In use, when the puncture needs to be performed, the shift handle 34 ispushed forward. The sliding block 35-1 of the stroke control mechanism35 advances according to a designed step length range to drive thepuncture needle 2 to move forward, and the sharp tip 21 of the punctureneedle 2 is exposed to perform puncture. When it is necessary toundermine along an outer side of the peritoneum and separate the tissue,the shift handle 34 is retracted backward. The puncture needle 2 isretracted backward under driving of the stroke control mechanism 35, andthe sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is retracted to expose theblunt head of the core rod 1 to realize protection in the underminingand separation process.

Further, the stroke control convex step 43-1 is arranged on an innerwall of the stroke control member 43. By arranging the stroke controlconvex step 43-1 on the inner wall of the stroke control member 43,space may be effectively saved, frictional resistance during rotation ofthe rotary positioning block 42 is reduced, and the use process is moreconvenient.

A limiting convex step 44-2 is arranged on the linear push block 44. Thelimiting convex step 44-2 cooperates with a limiting groove 43-2 on thestroke control member 43 to effectively prevent the linear push block 44from being accidentally detached from the stroke control member 43during use.

The linear push block 44 and the button 45 may be fabricated into awhole.

The linear push block 44 and the button 45 may be connected together byconcave-convex clamp fit, screw connection, interference fit, bonding,or the like.

The linear push block 44 and the button 45 may be fabricated into awhole or connected together by various connection modes withoutdeparting from the scope of protection of the present application.

The shell 51 is provided with a press block 55 and a sealing member 56.The core rod 1 passes through a central hole 55-1 of the press block 55and a central hole 56-1 of the sealing member 56. The press block 55presses the sealing member 56. The sealing member 56 forms dynamic sealfor the core rod 1. When surgery under a laparoscope is performed, it isnecessary to ensure the stability of pneumoperitoneum. The dynamic sealdesign may ensure the stability of the pneumoperitoneum well during thesurgery and ensure smooth progress of the surgery.

Further, one end of the leading spring 41 is connected to thepositioning stopper 13 at the rear end of the core rod 1, and the otherend is connected to the press block 55 of the shell 51.

The shell 51 is provided with an air/water inlet 54. Through theair/water inlet 54, air may be injected into an abdominal cavity to formpneumoperitoneum. A liquid, such as normal saline, may also be injectedinto a surgical site via the puncture needle 2 through the air/waterinlet 54. Under the action of the normal saline, a slight localseparation is formed at a junction of the peritoneum and an abdominalwall, thereby facilitating the undermining and separation of the blunthead 11 of the core rod 1 under the peritoneum.

The lead puncture needle 100 further includes an impact warning block 6,and the impact warning block 6 is mounted at a rear end of the mountingconvex step 22 of the puncture needle 2. The impact warning block 6 mayplay a good reminding role in the surgical procedure, indicating whethera pressing action of the button is completed.

Further, the shell 51 is provided with an observation scale 59. Throughthe observation scale 59, medical staff may observe the advancingdistance of the puncture needle 2 in real time during the puncture, andbetter avoid accidental injury of the surrounding tissue due toexcessive puncture distance of the puncture needle 2.

The lead puncture needle 100 is made of a medical material.

The core rod 1 and the puncture needle 2 are made of a medical shapememory alloy. The core rod 1 and the puncture needle 2 made of themedical shape memory alloy may ensure that the core rod 1 and thepuncture needle 2 have good elasticity during use, and better conform tothe shape of the internal ring during undermining and separation.

The lead puncture needle of the present application includes the corerod 1, the puncture needle 2, the puncture safety protection mechanism3, the lead mechanism 4 and the handle 5. The front end of the core rod1 includes the blunt head 11 and the lead slot 12, and the lead slot 12is arranged on the blunt head 11. The puncture needle 2 is a hollowneedle, and the sharp tip 21 is arranged at the front end of thepuncture needle. The core rod 1 is mounted in a hollow inner part of thepuncture needle 2 and may freely move. The puncture safety protectionmechanism 3 includes the safety spring 31, the safety spring rearpositioning member 32 and the safety spring front positioning member 33.The safety spring 31 is mounted between the safety spring rearpositioning member 32 and the safety spring front positioning member 33.The lead mechanism 4 includes the leading spring 41, the rotarypositioning block 42, the stroke control member 43, the linear pushblock 44, and the button 45. During puncture, the safety spring 31 iscompressed, and the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is exposed toperform puncture. After the puncture is completed, under the elasticforce of the safety spring 31, the blunt head 11 at the far end of thecore rod 1 protrudes out of the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2for protection and avoidance of injury to the normal tissue. When thebutton 45 is pressed, the convex step 42-3 pushes under the strokecontrol convex step 43-1, and the core rod 1 moves downward, so the leadslot 12 capable of hooking the surgical suture protrudes from the sharptip 21 of the puncture needle 2. When the button 45 is pressed again,the rotary driving block 44-1 on the linear push block 44 pushes therotary positioning block 42 to rotate. The stroke control convex step43-1 slides into the groove 42-2, and the core rod 1 moves upward underthe elastic force of the leading spring 41. The lead slot 12 isretracted into the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 to formtraction on the surgical suture. The design of the retractable smoothblunt head ensures that the blunt head may be retracted in time duringpuncture to expose the sharp puncture needle to facilitate puncture, andmeanwhile, in the undermining and separation process, the smooth blunthead may be controlled to be exposed outside the puncture needle all thetime. Therefore, accidental injury to the surrounding tissue caused bythe sharp tip in the undermining and separation process is effectivelyavoided, and the use process is safer. Moreover, the smooth blunt headmay better reduce friction in movement in the undermining process,making the undermining process smoother.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structure view of a lead puncture needle of thepresent application.

FIG. 1-1 is an enlarged view of an area A of FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structure view of the lead puncture needle of FIG.1 when a blunt head retracts and a sharp tip of the puncture needle isexposed.

FIG. 2-1 is an enlarged view of an area B of FIG. 2.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structure view of the lead puncture needle of FIG.1 when the button is pressed and then a lead slot exposes a hangingsuture.

FIG. 3-1 is an enlarged view of an area C of FIG. 3.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structure of the lead puncture needle of FIG. 3when the button is pressed again and the blunt head retracts into thepuncture needle.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structure view of an arc-shaped lead punctureneedle of the present application.

FIG. 6-1 is an enlarged view of an area D of FIG. 6.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structure view of a lead puncture needle of thepresent application with a front type safety mechanism.

FIG. 7-1 is an E-E cross-sectional view of FIG. 7.

FIG. 7-2 is an enlarged view of an area F of FIG. 7-1.

FIG. 7-3 is an exploded view of FIG. 7.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structure view of the lead puncture needle of FIG.7 when the button is pressed and the lead slot is exposed to release asurgical suture.

FIG. 8-1 is a G-G cross-sectional view of FIG. 8.

FIG. 8-2 is an enlarged view of an area H of FIG. 8-1.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structure view of the lead puncture needle of FIG.7 when a shift handle is pushed forward for puncture.

FIG. 9-1 is an I-I cross-sectional view of FIG. 9.

FIG. 9-2 is an enlarged view of a part J of FIG. 9-1.

FIG. 10 is a lead puncture needle of the present application including astepping safety protection mechanism.

FIG. 11 is a lead puncture needle of the present application including alinear chute type safety protection mechanism.

FIG. 12 is a schematic structure view of a lead puncture needle of thepresent application with a front type safety mechanism and an air/waterinlet.

FIG. 13 is a front view of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is a right view of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14-1 is a K-K cross-sectional view of FIG. 14.

FIG. 15 is an exploded view of FIG. 12.

In the above figures:

-   -   100 is the lead puncture needle of the present application.    -   1 is a core rod, 2 is a puncture needle, 3 is a puncture safety        protection mechanism, 4 is a lead mechanism, 5 is a handle, 6 is        a warning block, 7 is a surgical suture, and 8 is human tissue        such as peritoneum 8.    -   11 is a blunt head, 12 is a lead slot, 13 is a positioning        stopper, 14 is a rotation preventing convex step, and 15 is an        infusion tank.    -   21 is a sharp tip, 22 is a mounting convex step, and 23 is a        through hole on a pipe wall.    -   22-1 is a connecting end of the mounting convex step, 22-1-1 is        a connecting rod, 22-2 is a limiting end of the mounting convex        step, 22-2-1 is a connecting rod mounting hole, and 22-2-2 is a        limiting convex step.    -   31 is a safety spring, 32 is a safety spring rear positioning        member, 33 is a safety spring front positioning member, 34 is a        shift handle, and 35 is a stroke control mechanism.    -   32-1 is a rear positioning member mounting convex step, 34-1 is        a limiting shift button, 35-1 is a sliding block, and 35-2 is a        positioning block. 35-1-1 is a convex step on the sliding block,        and 35-2-2 is a limiting tooth on the positioning block.    -   41 is a leading spring, 42 is a rotary positioning block, 43 is        a stroke control member, 44 is a linear push block, and 45 is a        button.    -   42-1 is a central hole, 42-2 is a groove, and 42-3 is a convex        step. 43-1 is a stroke control convex step, and 43-2 is a        limiting groove. 44-1 is a rotary driving block, 44-2 is a        limiting convex step, and 44-3 is a positioning hole.    -   51 is a shell, 52 is a mounting slot, 53 is a puncture needle        mounting slot, 54 is an air/water inlet, 55 is a press block, 56        is a sealing member, 57 is a rear positioning member mounting        hole, 58 is a shell rear cover, and 59 is an observation scale.    -   51-1 is a shift button movement slot, 53-1 is a limiting slot,        54-1 is an air/water channel, 54-2 is a switch, 54-3 is a fixed        seat, 55-1 is a central hole of the press block, and 56-1 is a        central hole of the sealing member.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1: Lead Puncture Needle of thePresent Application

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, in the present embodiment, the leadpuncture needle 100 includes a core rod 1, a puncture needle 2, apuncture safety protection mechanism 3, a lead mechanism 4 and a handle5.

A front end of the core rod 1 includes a blunt head 11 and a lead slot12, and the lead slot 12 is arranged on the blunt head 11. A rear end ofthe core rod 1 includes a positioning stopper 13 and a rotationpreventing convex step 14.

The puncture needle 2 is a hollow needle, and a sharp tip 21 is arrangedat a front end of the puncture needle. The core rod 1 is mounted in ahollow inner part of the puncture needle 2 and may freely move.

The puncture safety protection mechanism 3 includes a safety spring 31,a safety spring rear positioning member 32 and a safety spring frontpositioning member 33. The safety spring 31 is mounted between thesafety spring rear positioning member 32 and the safety spring frontpositioning member 33. When a resistance is present in puncture, theblunt head 11 of the core rod 1 arranged in the puncture needle 2 movesbackwards under the resistance, and the safety spring 31 is compressed,causing the blunt head 11 at a far end of the core rod 1 to retract intothe puncture needle 2 such that the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle2 is exposed to perform puncture. After tissue is punctured, theresistance disappears, and under an elastic force of the safety spring31, the blunt head 11 at the far end of the core rod 1 protrudes out ofthe sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 for protection and avoidanceof injury to normal tissue.

The lead mechanism 4 includes a leading spring 41, a rotary positioningblock 42, a stroke control member 43, a linear push block 44, and abutton 45. The leading spring 41 is arranged at a front end of therotary positioning block 42. The stroke control member 43 is a tubularstructure, an inner wall of the stroke control member is provided with astroke control convex step 43-1, and the stroke control member 43 ismovably mounted in a mounting slot 52 of a shell 51 of the handle 5. Therotary positioning block 42 is provided with a central hole 42-1, agroove 42-2 and a convex step 42-3. The rear end of the core rod 1passes through the central hole 42-1 of the rotary positioning block 42,and the rotary positioning block 42 may rotate around the core rod 1.

When the button 45 is pressed, the convex step 42-3 pushes under thestroke control convex step 43-1, and the core rod 1 moves downward, sothe lead slot 12 capable of hooking a surgical suture protrudes from thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2. When the button 45 is pressedagain, a rotary driving block 44-1 on the linear push block 44 pushesthe rotary positioning block 42 to rotate. The stroke control convexstep 43-1 slides into the groove 42-2, and the core rod 1 moves upwardunder an elastic force of the leading spring 41. The lead slot 12 isretracted into the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 to formtraction on the surgical suture.

The handle 5 includes the shell 51 and the mounting slot 52. The corerod 1, the puncture needle 2, the puncture safety protection mechanism3, and the lead mechanism 4 are mounted in the mounting slot 52 of theshell 51.

The positioning stopper 13 of the core rod 1 is arranged at a bottom ofthe rotary positioning block 42, and after the rear end of the core rod1 passes through the central hole 42-1 of the rotary positioning block42, the rotation preventing convex step 14 of the core rod 1 is embeddedin a positioning hole 44-3 on the linear push block 44.

The lead slot 12 is a bidirectional lead slot that may pull the surgicalsuture into tissue or pull the surgical suture out of the tissue. Whenthe core rod 1 moves forward, the surgical suture 7 is placed at a rearend of the lead slot 12. When the core rod 1 moves backward, thesurgical suture 7 is placed at a front end of the lead slot 12. The leadslot 12 may realize leading when the core rod 1 advances or retreats intwo directions.

The puncture needle 2 includes a mounting convex step 22, and a punctureneedle mounting slot 53 is arranged on the shell 51. The puncture needle2 is mounted in the puncture needle mounting slot 53 on the shell 51 bybonding through the mounting convex step 22.

The spring front positioning member 33 is integrally fabricated with thestroke control member 43 into a whole, and fabrication and assemblyprocesses are more convenient. Of course, the spring front positioningmember 33 may also be detachably connected to the stroke control member43. The spring front positioning member 33 may be connected to thestroke control member 43 by screw connection, concave-convex clamp fitconnection, interference fit connection, bonding, or the like. Otherconnection modes may be adopted by those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the scope of protection of the present application.

The spring rear positioning member 32 is provided with a positioningmember mounting convex step 32-1. The positioning member mounting convexstep 32-1 is embedded in a positioning member mounting hole on thehandle 5 to realize mounting and connection of the spring rearpositioning member 32 and the handle.

A limiting convex step 44-2 is arranged on the linear push block 44. Thelimiting convex step 44-2 cooperates with a limiting groove 43-2 on thestroke control member 43 to effectively prevent the linear push block 44from being accidentally detached from the stroke control member 43during use.

In the present embodiment, the linear push block 44 and the button 45are connected together by concave-convex clamp fit. Of course, thelinear push block 44 and the button 45 may be fabricated into a whole,or connected together by other means such as screw connection,interference fit, bonding, and the like, without departing from thescope of protection of the present application.

In the present embodiment, the shell 51 is also provided with anair/water inlet 54, a press block 55 and a sealing member 56.

Further, one end of the leading spring 41 is connected to thepositioning stopper 13 at the rear end of the core rod 1, and the otherend is connected to the press block 55 of the shell 51.

The core rod 1 passes through a central hole 55-1 of the press block 55and a central hole 56-1 of the sealing member 56. The press block 55presses the sealing member 56. The sealing member 56 forms dynamic sealfor the core rod 1. When surgery under a laparoscope is performed,firstly it is necessary to inject air into the abdominal cavity throughthe air/water inlet 54 to form pneumoperitoneum, and at the same time,it is necessary to ensure the stability of the pneumoperitoneum duringthe surgery. The dynamic seal design may ensure the stability of thepneumoperitoneum well during the surgery and ensure smooth progress ofthe surgery.

During the surgery, after the puncture needle 2 punctures an abdominalwall, the blunt head 11 at the far end of the core rod 1 protrudes outof the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2, and then a doctor operatesthe blunt head 11 to undermine and separate the peritoneum under theabdominal wall. Since a gap between the abdominal wall and theperitoneum is very small, in order to facilitate the advancement of thecore rod 1, a small amount of normal saline may be injected into asurgical site via a head part of the puncture needle 2 through theair/water inlet 54. Under the action of the normal saline, localseparation appears between the abdominal wall and the peritoneum,thereby facilitating undermining and separation of the blunt head 11 ofthe core rod 1 outside the peritoneum.

If it is not necessary to form pneumoperitoneum during the surgery, thepress block 55 and the sealing member 56 may not need to be mounted.

In the present embodiment, the impact warning block 6 is an end surfaceof the press block 55. During the movement, the bottom of the strokecontrol member 43 and the end surface of the press block 55 collide, anda warning sound is given, which may play a good warning and remindingrole during the surgery.

In the present embodiment, the core rod 1 and the puncture needle 2 aremade of a medical shape memory alloy, ensuring that the core rod 1 andthe puncture needle 2 have good elasticity during use, and the core rod1 and the puncture needle 2 better conform to the shape of the internalring during undermining and separation.

When in use, the surgical suture 7 is threaded into the lead slot of thecore rod 1, and then the skin is punctured. At this time, the blunt head11 of the core rod 1 moves backwards under skin resistance, and thepositioning stopper 13 of the core rod 1 pushes the rotary positioningblock 42 to drive the stroke control member 43, the linear push block 44and the handle 45 to move backward together. At this time, the springfront positioning member 33 arranged on the stroke control member 43moves backward to compress the safety spring 31, causing the blunt head11 at the far end of the core rod 1 to retract into the puncture needle2 such that the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is exposed toperform puncture, referring to FIG. 2. When the puncture is completed,the resistance disappears. At this time, under the resilience of thesafety spring 31, the spring front positioning member 33 moves forwardto drive the stroke control member 43 to restore forward, and drive thelinear push block 44 and the handle 45 to restore forward together. Thecore rod 1 restores to the initial state under the restoring force, andthe blunt head 11 at the far end of the core rod 1 protrudes out of thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 for protection again and avoidanceof injury to normal tissue.

At this time, the button 45 is pressed to drive the linear push block 44to move downward. The rotary driving mechanism 44-1 of the linear pushblock 44 pushes the rotary positioning block 42 to rotate, and theconvex step 42-3 pushes under the stroke control convex step 43-1. Thecore rod 1 moves downward so that the lead slot 12 capable of hookingthe surgical suture protrudes from the sharp tip 21 of the punctureneedle 2. The button 45 is pressed and held, the lead puncture needle ofthe present application extraperitoneally undermines along the innersemi-circumference of the internal ring and separates to the rear sideof the internal ring to puncture into the peritoneum 8, and then thesurgical suture 7 is released. It is necessary to ensure that the blunthead 11 of the core rod 1 is exposed to the outer part of the sharp tip21 of the puncture needle 2 in the undermining and separating processall the time until reaching the peritoneum 8, referring to FIG. 3. Undera resistance of the peritoneum 8, the core rod 1 retracts, and theperitoneum 8 is punctured by the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2.Since the end of the core rod 1 adopts a smooth blunt-head design,accidental injury to the surrounding tissue in the undermining andseparating process may be well avoided. In particular, accidental injuryto important parts such as arteries may be avoided. When reaching theperitoneum 8, since a large puncture force is required for puncturingthe peritoneum 8, at this time, the core rod 1 retracts into thepuncture needle 2 under a large resistance, and the sharp tip 21 of thepuncture needle 2 is used to perform puncture.

After release, the lead puncture needle 100 is retracted to the needleinsertion part of the internal ring, and then the button 45 is pressedand held. The lead puncture needle 100 extraperitoneally underminesalong the outer semi-circumference of the internal ring and separates tothe rear side of the internal ring to puncture into the peritoneum 8.The surgical suture 7 is placed into the lead slot 12 at the front endof the core rod 1 again. The button 45 is pressed, and the rotarydriving block 44-1 on the linear push block 44 pushes the rotarypositioning block 42 to rotate. The stroke control convex step 43-1slides into the groove 42-2, and the core rod 1 moves upward under theelastic force of the leading spring 41. The lead slot 12 is retractedinto the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2, and the lead punctureneedle 100 is retracted backward. The core rod 1 drives the surgicalsuture 7 to be led out of the body, knotted and fixed, referring to FIG.4.

The entire surgical procedure is completed by only the lead punctureneedle of the present application. The lead puncture needle of thepresent application has the advantages of being simple and convenientcompared with the condition that multiple instruments are needed in thecurrent surgical procedure to complete the surgical procedure. Inparticular, the design of the retractable smooth blunt head ensures thatthe blunt head may be retracted in time during puncture to expose thesharp puncture needle to facilitate puncture, and furthermore, in theundermining and separation process, the smooth blunt head may becontrolled to be exposed outside the puncture needle all the time.Therefore, accidental injury to the surrounding tissue caused by thesharp tip in the undermining and separation process is effectivelyavoided, and the use process is safer. Moreover, the smooth blunt headmay better reduce friction in movement in the undermining process,making the undermining process smoother.

In the present embodiment, the core rod 1 and the puncture needle 2adopt a linear design. Because in the surgical procedure, the surgicalsuture needs to undermine along the outer semi-circumference of theinternal ring and separate to the back side of the internal ring, thecore rod 1 or the puncture needle 2 may be designed into specialgeometric shapes in accordance with clinical requirements, such as alinear shape, an arc shape, an L shape, a C shape, a U shape, an S shapeand the like, to facilitate the surgical procedure. FIGS. 6 and 6-1 showthe core rod 1 and the puncture needle 2 with an arc-shaped structure.

Embodiment 2: Leading Puncture Needle of the Present Application withFront Type Safety Protection Mechanism

Referring to FIG. 7 to FIG. 9-2, the difference between the presentembodiment and Embodiment 1 is that, in the present embodiment, thepuncture safety protection mechanism 3 is front-mounted. The safetyspring 31, the safety spring rear positioning member 32 and the safetyspring front positioning member 33 forming the puncture safetyprotection mechanism 3 are mounted in the puncture needle mounting slot53 at the front end of the stroke control member 43. The puncture safetyprotection mechanism 3 further includes a shift handle 34. When theshift handle 34 is pushed forward, the safety spring 31 is compressed,the puncture needle 2 moves forward, and the sharp tip 21 of thepuncture needle 2 is exposed to perform puncture. After the puncture iscompleted, the shift handle 34 is released. Under the elastic force ofthe safety spring 31, the puncture needle 2 moves backward, the blunthead 11 at the far end of the core rod 1 is placed out of the sharp tip21 of the puncture needle 2 for protection and avoidance of accidentalinjury to normal tissue.

The shift handle 34 includes a limiting shift button 34-1, the shell 51of the handle 5 is provided with a shift button movement slot 51-1, andthe limiting shift button 34-1 may move back and forth in the shiftbutton movement slot 51-1.

The shift handle 34 may be integrally fabricated on the puncture needle2 or may be detachably connected to the puncture needle 2.

In the present embodiment, the shift handle 34 is connected to thepuncture needle 2 by concave-convex clamp fit connection. The shifthandle 34 may also be connected to the puncture needle 2 by screwconnection, interference fit connection, bonding, or the like. Or, otherconnection modes may be devised by those skilled in the art according toactual needs without departing from the claimed protection scope of theapplication.

In the present embodiment, the mounting convex step 22 includes aconnecting end 22-1 and a limiting end 22-2, the connecting end 22-1includes a connecting rod 22-1-1, and the limiting end 22-2 includes aconnecting rod mounting hole 22-2-1 and a limiting convex step 22-2-2.The puncture needle mounting slot 53 is provided with a limiting slot53-1. The connecting rod 22-1-1 may be mounted in the connecting rodmounting hole 22-2-1, and the limiting convex step 22-2-2 of thelimiting end 22-2 may be mounted in the limiting slot 53-1, that is, thepuncture needle 2 is mounted in the puncture needle mounting slot 53.

The safety spring front positioning member 33 is arranged at the far endof the puncture needle mounting slot 53 of the handle 5. The safetyspring rear positioning member 32 is arranged at the near end of thepuncture needle mounting slot 53. In the present embodiment, the bottomof the puncture needle mounting slot 53 is directly arranged as thesafety spring front positioning member 33, and the bottom of theconnecting end 22-1 of the puncture needle 2 is arranged as the safetyspring rear positioning member 32. The safety spring 31 is mountedbetween the mounting convex step 22 of the puncture needle 2 and thebottom of the puncture needle mounting slot 53 of the handle.

Of course, the safety spring front positioning member 33 may beseparately designed and mounted at the far end of the puncture needlemounting slot 53, or the safety spring rear positioning member 32 isseparately designed and mounted at the near end of the connecting end22-1 of the puncture needle 2, which will not be described by way ofexample.

In the present embodiment, the handle 5 is provided with a back cover58. After the core rod 1, the puncture needle 2, the puncture safetyprotection mechanism 3, and the lead mechanism 4 are mounted in themounting slot 52, the lead puncture needle 100 is assembled into a wholeby covering the back cover 58.

When in use, the surgical suture 7 is threaded into the lead slot 12 ofthe core rod 1. The shift handle 34 is pushed forward, the safety spring31 is compressed, the puncture needle 2 moves forward, and the sharp tip21 is exposed to perform puncture, referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9-1 andFIG. 9-2. After the puncture is completed, the shift handle 34 isreleased. Under the elastic force of the safety spring 31, the punctureneedle 2 moves backward, the blunt head 11 at the far end of the corerod 1 protrudes out of the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 forprotection and avoidance of injury to normal tissue, referring to FIG.7. The blunt head 11 is kept in a protruded state, the lead punctureneedle of the present application extraperitoneally undermines along theinner circumference of the inner ring and separates to the peritoneum 8at the rear side of the inner ring, and then the shift handle 34 ispushed forward. The safety spring 31 is compressed, the puncture needle2 moves forward, and the sharp tip 21 is exposed to puncture theperitoneum 8, referring to FIG. 9 to FIG. 9-2. After the puncture iscompleted, the shift handle 34 is released. Under the elastic force ofthe safety spring 31, the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 isretracted, and the blunt head 11 is exposed to prevent accidentalinjury.

At this time, the button 45 is pressed to drive the linear push block 44to move downward. The rotary driving mechanism 44-1 of the linear pushblock 44 pushes the rotary positioning block 42 to rotate, and theconvex step 42-3 pushes under the stroke control convex step 43-1. Thecore rod 1 moves downward so that the lead slot 12 protrudes from thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2. The surgical suture 7 in the leadslot 12 is released, referring to FIG. 8, FIG. 8-1 and FIG. 8-2. Then,the button 45 is pressed again, and the rotary driving block 44-1 on thelinear push block 44 pushes the rotary positioning block 42 to rotate.The stroke control convex step 43-1 slides into the groove 42-2, and thecore rod 1 moves upward under the elastic force of the leading spring41. The lead slot 12 is retracted into the sharp tip 21 of the punctureneedle 2, and the lead puncture needle 100 is retracted backward to theneedle insertion part of the inner ring.

Then, the lead puncture needle 100 extraperitoneally undermines alongthe outer circumference of the inner ring and separates to theperitoneum 8 at the rear side of the inner ring. The shift handle 34 ispushed forward, the safety spring 31 is compressed, the puncture needle2 moved forward, and the sharp tip 21 is exposed to puncture theperitoneum 8. After the puncture is completed, the shift handle 34 isreleased, and the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is retracted.Then, the button 45 is pressed so that the lead slot 12 protrudes fromthe sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2. The surgical suture 7 isplaced into the lead slot 12 at the front end of the core rod 1 again.Then, the button 45 is pressed, the lead slot 12 is retracted into thepuncture needle 2, and referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 7-1 and FIG. 7-2, thelead puncture needle 100 is retracted backward. The core rod 1 drivesthe surgical suture 7, and the surgical suture 7 is led out of the body,knotted and fixed.

Compared with Embodiment 1, in the present embodiment, when the leadpuncture needle 100 is in a free state, the sharp tip 21 of the punctureneedle 2 is in a retracted state, and the blunt head 11 of the core rod1 may play a good protection role. Only when a medical workerconsciously pushes the shift handle 34 forward, the sharp tip 21 of thepuncture needle 2 may be exposed to perform puncture. Therefore, in theundermining and separating process, the medical worker does not need topress and hold the button 45 all the time as in Embodiment 1 to keep theblunt head 11 of the core rod 1 exposed all the time. The medical workermay be better prevented from accidentally exposing the sharp tip 21 ofthe puncture needle 2 due to accidental relaxation of the button 45 inthe undermining and separation process. Especially, when tough tissuesuch as the peritoneum is punctured, the sharp tip 21 of the punctureneedle 2 may be effectively prevented from rushing due to excessiveforce in the puncturing process, thereby avoiding accidental injury ofthe surrounding tissue. The use process is safer and the lead punctureneedle is more convenient for the medical worker to use.

Embodiment 3: Leading Puncture Needle of the Present Application withManual Safety Protection Mechanism

Referring to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the difference between the presentembodiment and Embodiment 2 is that, in the present embodiment, thepuncture safety protection mechanism 3 is a manual safety protectionmechanism.

Referring to FIG. 10, in the present embodiment, the stroke controlmechanism 35 is a linear stepping mechanism. The safety protectionmechanism 3 includes a shift handle 34 and a stroke control mechanism35. The stroke control mechanism 35 includes a sliding block 35-1 and alimiting block 35-2. Intermittent sliding is formed between the slidingblock 35-1 and the limiting block 35-2.

A total stroke of the stroke control mechanism 35 is generallycontrolled to be 1 mm-15 mm, and the spacing of each step is generally 1mm-5 mm. The total stroke control of the stroke control mechanism 35 mayprevent the puncture needle 2 from accidentally injuring the surroundingtissue due to excessive puncture depth in the puncture process.

A concave-convex fit type intermittent sliding mechanism is arrangedbetween the sliding block 35-1 and the limiting block 35-2.

The sliding block 35-1 of the stroke control mechanism 35 is providedwith a convex step 35-1-1.

The limiting block 35-2 is provided with a limiting tooth 35-2-1 matchedwith the convex step 35-1-1. The limiting tooth 35-2-1 may be embeddedin a gap of the convex step 35-1-1 to play a positioning role. Thespacing between two adjacent convex steps 35-1-1 is a movement steplength of the sliding block 35-1. The movement step length of thesliding block 35-1 is controlled to be 1 mm-5 mm, so that every timewhen the shift handle 34 is pushed forward, the step length of theforward movement of the puncture needle 2 is also controlled to be 1mm-5 mm.

When the shift handle 34 is pushed forward, the sliding block 35-1 isdriven to move forward. The presence of the limiting block 35-2 causesthe sliding block 35-1 to move a bar of distance each time to formintermittent stepping movement. The distance of each advancement is thespacing between adjacent convex steps 35-1-1 of the sliding block 35-1.Due to the limitation of the stepping spacing, the protrusive length ofthe sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 every time may be bettercontrolled, and the safety during the observation may be improved.Conversely, when the shift handle 34 is pulled backward, intermittentbackward sliding movement is formed.

The small step length of the sliding block 35-1 is designed so thatevery time when the shift handle 34 is pushed forward in the punctureprocess, the distance that the puncture needle 2 advances is controlledwithin the step length range. Therefore, accidental injury tosurrounding tissue due to excessively fast puncture speed in thepuncture process is effectively prevented, and the use process is safer.

Referring to FIG. 10, in case of use, when puncture needs to beperformed, the shift handle 34 is pushed forward. The sliding block 35-1of the stroke control mechanism 35 advances according to a designed steplength range to drive the puncture needle 2 to move forward, and thesharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is exposed to perform puncture.When it is necessary to undermine along the outer side of the peritoneumand separate the tissue, the shift handle 34 is retracted. The punctureneedle 2 is retracted backward under driving of the stroke controlmechanism 35, and the sharp tip 21 of the puncture needle 2 is retractedto expose the blunt head of the core rod 1 to realize protection in theundermining and separation process.

Referring to FIG. 11, the stroke control mechanism 35 may also be alinear chute mechanism. The front and rear ends of the shift buttonmovement slot 51-1 form a limiting block 35-1 of the stroke controlmechanism 35, and the shift handle 34 may drive the sliding block 35-1to slide back and forth in the shift button movement slot 51-1. Theshell 51 is provided with an observation scale 59. The distance ofadvancement or retraction of the puncture needle 2 is controlled by avalue on the observation scale 59.

In addition, the stroke control mechanism 35 may also be a spiralprogressive mechanism. The distance over which the puncture needle 2advances is adjusted by rotating the shift handle 34. Of course, othervarious structures designed by those skilled in the art according toactual conditions do not depart from the scope of protection of thepresent patent application.

Embodiment 4: Leading puncture needle of the present applicationincluding front type safety protection mechanism and water inlet

Referring to FIG. 12 to FIG. 15, the difference between the presentembodiment and Embodiment 2 is that, in the present embodiment, the leadpuncture needle 100 is provided with a gas/water inlet 54. Air or liquidmay be injected into the abdominal cavity through the gas/water inlet54.

In the present embodiment, the gas/water inlet 54 includes a gas/waterchannel 54-1, a switch 54-2 and a fixed seat 54-3.

A through hole 23 is formed in a pipe wall of the puncture needle 2. Aninfusion tank 15 is axially formed at an outer surface of the core rod 1corresponding to the water inlet 23.

During mounting, an outlet of the gas/water channel 54-1 of thegas/water inlet 54 is aligned with the water inlet 23, and is fixed tothe puncture needle by the fixed seat 54-3, referring to FIG. 14-1.

When gas needs to be injected into the abdominal cavity to formpneumoperitoneum, the gas/water inlet 54 is connected to a gas source,and the switch 54-2 is turned on. Through the through hole 23 in thepuncture needle 2, the gas is injected into the abdominal cavity to formpneumoperitoneum.

When liquid, such as normal saline, needs to be injected into theabdominal cavity, the gas/water inlet 54 is connected to a normal salinebag, and the switch 54-2 is turned on. The normal saline enters thepuncture needle 2 through the through hole 23 via the gas/water channel54-1, and then reaches a surgical site at the head of the core rod 1along the infusion tank 15 formed axially. Under the action of thenormal saline, local separation appears between the abdominal wall andthe peritoneum, thereby facilitating the blunt head 11 of the core rod 1to extraperitoneally undermine and separate.

In the present embodiment, since the gas/water inlet 54 is alsoarranged, different requirements for injecting gas or liquid into theabdominal cavity during the surgery may be satisfied, and the surgicaloperation process is more convenient.

It should be noted that the structures disclosed and described hereinmay be replaced with other structures having the same effect, and theembodiments described herein are not the only structures that canimplement the present application. Although the preferred embodiments ofthe present application have been introduced and described herein, itwill be apparent to those skilled in the art that these embodiments aremerely illustrative, and numerous variations, modifications, andreplacements may be made by those skilled in the art without departingfrom the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of thepresent application should be subject to the spirit and scope of theappended claims of the present application.

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 36. A lead puncture needle comprising: a core rod; apuncture needle; a puncture safety protection mechanism; a leadmechanism; and a handle, wherein: A. a front end of the core rodcomprises a blunt head and a lead slot, and the lead slot is arranged onthe blunt head; B. the puncture needle is a hollow needle, and a sharptip is arranged at a front end of the puncture needle; and the core rodis mounted in the puncture needle, and the puncture needle and the corerod are configured to move relative to each other; C. the lead mechanismcomprises a leading spring, a rotary positioning block, a stroke controlmember, a linear push block, and a button; the stroke control member isa tubular structure, a tube wall thereof is provided with a strokecontrol convex step, and the stroke control member is movably mounted ina mounting slot of a shell of the handle; the leading spring is arrangedat a front end of the rotary positioning block; the rotary positioningblock is provided with a central hole, a groove and a convex step; arear end of the core rod passes through the central hole of the rotarypositioning block, and the rotary positioning block is configured torotate around the core rod; when the button is pressed, the convex steppushes under the stroke control convex step, the core rod movesdownward, and the leading spring is compressed, so that the lead slotcapable of hooking a surgical suture protrudes from the sharp tip of thepuncture needle; when the button is pressed again, a rotary drivingblock on the linear push block pushes the rotary positioning block torotate, the stroke control convex step slides into the groove, the corerod moves upward under an elastic force of the leading spring, and thelead slot is retracted into the sharp tip of the puncture needle toprevent the surgical suture from slipping off and form traction on thesurgical suture; and D. the handle comprises the shell and the mountingslot; and the core rod, the puncture needle, the puncture safetyprotection mechanism, and the lead mechanism are mounted in the mountingslot of the shell.
 37. The lead puncture needle according to claim 36,wherein the rear end of the core rod is provided with a positioningstopper and a rotation preventing convex step for preventing therotation of the core rod.
 38. The lead puncture needle according toclaim 37, wherein the positioning stopper of the core rod is arranged ata bottom of the rotary positioning block, and after the rear end of thecore rod passes through the central hole of the rotary positioningblock, the rotation preventing convex step of the core rod is embeddedin the positioning hole on the linear push block.
 39. The lead punctureneedle according to claim 36, wherein the core rod or/and the punctureneedle is/are in special geometric shapes conforming to clinicalrequirements, at least including a linear shape, an arc shape, an Lshape, a C shape, a U shape, an S shape, and the like.
 40. The leadpuncture needle according to claim 36, wherein the lead slot is abidirectional lead slot, and the lead slot is configured to pull thesurgical suture into tissue or pull the surgical suture out of thetissue.
 41. The lead puncture needle according to claim 36, wherein thepuncture needle comprises a mounting convex step, and a puncture needlemounting slot is arranged in the mounting slot; and the puncture needleis mounted in the puncture needle mounting slot on the shell by themounting convex step.
 42. The lead puncture needle according to claim41, wherein the mounting convex step and the puncture needle mountingslot are connected together by concave-convex clamp fit, screwconnection, interference fit or bonding.
 43. The lead puncture needleaccording to claim 36, wherein the lead puncture needle furthercomprises the puncture safety protection mechanism; and the safetyprotection mechanism is an automatic protection mechanism or a manualprotection mechanism.
 44. The lead puncture needle according to claim43, wherein the puncture safety protection mechanism is an automaticprotection mechanism.
 45. The lead puncture needle according to claim44, wherein the puncture safety protection mechanism comprises a safetyspring, a safety spring rear positioning member and a safety springfront positioning member; the safety spring is mounted between thesafety spring rear positioning member and the safety spring frontpositioning member; when the safety spring is compressed, the sharp tipof the puncture needle is exposed to perform puncture; after thepuncture is completed, under an elastic force of the safety spring, theblunt head at a far end of the core rod protrudes out of the sharp tipof the puncture needle for safety protection and avoidance of accidentalinjury to normal tissue.
 46. The lead puncture needle according to claim41, wherein the mounting convex step comprises a connecting end and alimiting end, the connecting end comprises a connecting rod, and thelimiting end comprises a connecting rod mounting hole and a limitingconvex step; the puncture needle mounting slot is provided with alimiting slot; and the connecting rod is mounted in the connecting rodmounting hole, and the limiting convex step of the limiting end ismounted in the limiting slot, that is, the puncture needle is mounted inthe puncture needle mounting slot.
 47. The lead puncture needleaccording to claim 36, wherein the stroke control convex step isarranged on an inner wall of the stroke control member.
 48. The leadpuncture needle according to claim 36, wherein a limiting convex step isarranged on the linear push block.
 49. The lead puncture needleaccording to claim 36, wherein the linear push block and the button areintegrated into one piece.
 50. The lead puncture needle according toclaim 36, wherein the linear push block and the button are connectedtogether by concave-convex clamp fit, screw connection, interferencefit, or bonding.
 51. The lead puncture needle according to claim 36,wherein the shell is provided with a press block and a sealing member;the core rod passes through a central hole of the press block and acentral hole of the sealing member; the press block presses the sealingmember; and the sealing member forms dynamic seal for the core rod. 52.The lead puncture needle according to claim 36, wherein the shell isprovided with a gas/water inlet.
 53. The lead puncture needle accordingto claim 36, wherein the shell is provided with an observation scale.54. The lead puncture needle according to claim 36, wherein the leadpuncture needle is made of a medical material.
 55. The lead punctureneedle according to claim 36, wherein the core rod and the punctureneedle are made of a medical shape memory alloy.